Ari in Repose

Our friend Ari has been in town the last few days and I got a chance to sketch this out while he lounged out on the couch. If you haven't already checked out his blog Advanced Style you should probably go and do that right now. Ari photographs fashionable elderly people that he meets on the street in New York city (and more recently in London) and blogs about their unique styles. They are truly inspirational.

Museum Antics

While in San Diego we stopped into the Natural History Museum at Balboa Park to poke around the gift store and to our surprise we stumbled upon a giant animatronic T-Rex! The museum was kind enough to supply tables, paper, and crayons to draw the T-Rex and I'm not one to pass up that kind of opportunity. Here's the finished drawing and an embarrassing picture of myself showing off my work in the gift shop.

Jacob

I did this quick little cartoon of Jacob in San Diego, prompted by a cartoon that Stephanie drew of me. He was not amused.

FInally

My last drawing from that figure drawing session.

Still Sunny in PDX

Finally back in Portland after a busy busy week in San Diego. Looks like the garden survived, and some of our tomatoes finally got ripe. It also means I'm back to posting on the blog! Here's another drawing from the last figure drawing session at PNCA. I didn't think this pose was all that interesting, but I'm actually really happy with the way it turned out, especially the feet.

Nuptuals

Here's the finished wedding invitation I've been working on the past month. I'm really happy with the way it came out and I actually got to see the printed version yesterday. This is actually a variation I made with a cream background to help the image pop out. Can't wait for the wedding!

Gaze

Hello from San Diego! I've been enjoying the heat and desert terrain too much to draw something yet, but here's one from the last figure drawing session that I never got around to posting. This model had a really expressive face that was begging to be drawn.

Forshortening

Ever draw someone from under their chin? It's pretty strange.

New Glasses

One thing you gotta know if you're my buddy is that you'll probably be drawn a few times and posted on my blog. Here's my buddy Ben again. He also sometimes draws comics which are pretty funny. You can see them here.

I'm off to San Diego today so tomorrow's post will be all the way from Sunny Southern California. Possibly even posted from a hammock.

Woman

From an old photograph. I decided her dress was probably purple. Don't you think it was?